Automobile-lock



J. E. VAN DEVENTER AND L. SWANK.

AUTOMOBILE LOCK.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. 23, I9I9.

Patented Feb. 3, 1920.

UNITED sTATiEs raTENT orrioii.N

JAMES n. VAN DEVENTER AND Lern swANK, on ANDERSON, INnrANA, ,AssioNoRsTo or ANDERSON, INDIANA,A CORPORATION or DVIGG'INS WIRE FENCE COMPANY,INDIANA.

AUTOvOBILE-LOGK.

Specication of Letters Patent.

j Patented Feb. 3, ,1920.4

Application filed January 23, 1919. Serial No, 272,611.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that we, Janes E. VAN DE- vnN'rnn and LArn Swami, citizensoi the United States, residing at rind rson, in the county of Madisonand `State ot indiana, have invented a new and useiul Automobile-Lock,oi which the following is a spe iiication.

The object oi my invention is to produce a locking device, forautomobiles, oi such character that it may be easily applied tosimultaneously lock the emergency brake lever in braking position andthe gear shift lever in neutral.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention. Figure 1 is aperspective view of my device, the associative lockedparts beingindicated in dotted lines; Fig. 2 is a plan; and Fig. S a Ytragmentarydetail showing the manner oi insertion.

A In the drawings, 10 indicates the main shank oi my device, designed tolie alongside the brake lever 11 and provided with two feet 12, eachhaving toe 13 and heel 14, the toes and heels being so spaced as to underlie and overlie the iioor 15 when the feet are projected through thebrake-lever slot 16. The feet 12 are spaced apart and oiset from theplane of shank 10 so as to straddle lever 11.

At its upper end shank 10 is provided with two shoulders 17, 17,arranged to flank lever 11.

Pivoted at 18 to the upper end oi' shank 10, adjacent each shoulder 17,and on an axis substantially parallel with the shank, is a curved andjointed arm 19 having a iinger 20 formed to engage lever 11 inopposition to shank 10. Carried by each arm 19, preferably on an axis21, at right angles to the axis 1S, is a member 22 provided near its endwith an eye 23 and at an intermediate point with a semi-cylindrical seat24C to receive the gear-shifting lever 25. Eyes 23 are formed to receivea padlock 26.

At the forward side of shank 10, the head le is extended, as at 141', soas to overlie iioor 15 to a greater extent parallel with slot 16, andthus more firmly hold lever 11.

In use, lever 11 has been swung to the rear so as to set the brake, andlever 24 having been brought to nenti-al, feet A12 are stra-ddled uponlever 10; toes 13 projected through slot 16; and shank 10 swung upalongside lever 11. Thereupon, arms 19 are swung around solas to embracelevers 11 and 25 and the ends of members 22 fastened together, therebyfirmly holding` levers 11 and 25 in position to prevent the car frombeing moved or the engine power applied thereto, thus preventing` theftof the car either under its own power or by towing.

I claim as my invention:

1; An automobile lock comprising a main shank, having a pair oflever-straddling feet adapted to be retained in the lever floor-slot,and a pair of arms pivoted 0n the main shank and formed to embrace saidlever and an adjacent controlling lever of the automobile and to belocked in embracing position.

2. An automobile lock comprising a main shank, having a pair oflever-straddling feet, and a pair of arms pivoted on the main shank andformed to embrace said lever and an adjacent controlling lever oi theautomobile and to be locked in embracing position.

3. An automobile lock comprising a main shank, having a pair ofseparated feet to straddle the brake lever of an'automobile, said feethaving heels and toes arranged Lo overlie and underlie the iiooradjacent the brake lever, and a pair oi arms pivoted on the main shankand: formed to embrace the brake lever and an adjacent transmissionlever and to be locked in embracing position.

si. An automobile lock comprising a main shank, having av pair ofseparated feet to straddle the brake lever of an automobile, and a pairoi arms pivoted on the main shank and formed to embrace the brake leverand an adjacent transmission lever and to be locked in embracingposition.

5. An automobile lock comprising a main shank, having a pair ofseparated feet to straddle the brake lever of an automobile, said feethaving heels and toes arranged to overlie and underlie the flooradjacent the brake lever, a pair of arms pivoted on the main shank andformed to embrace the brake lever, transmission lever embracing memberspivoted to said arms, and means by which the lever-embracing elementsmay be locked in embracing position.

6. An automobile lock comprising a main shank, having a pair oiseparated feet to straddle the brake lever of an automobile, In witnessWhereoi- We have hereunto set a pair of arms pivoted on the main shankour hands at Anderson, Indiana, this 18th and formed to embrace thebrake lever, day of January, A. D one thonsand nine l0transmission-lever embracing members pivhundred and nineteen.

oted'to said arms, and means by which the V lever-embracing elements maybe locked in JABES E. VAN' DEVENTER. embracing position. LAFE SWANK.

